Another Republican doesn't want an open town hall meeting. That's because they understand these meetings as theater for the cameras, not for the attendees. The people who go and ask questions or simply listen are extras in the production of stage-managed news.
Democrats may believe that facing flesh and blood voters of all political stripes exhibits their virtues in a democracy. Republicans know that having nameless people shout down Democrats in public perversely harms the Democrats. Even if those nameless shouters are obvious teabagger wingnuts.
So Republicans pack the house so that they can pack the House. It worked in 2010.
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sweet Jesus you live in a dream. Obama stands in front of union members, paid to nod (and nod off). recall the last time Clinton stood in front of real people? I know that you don't. woman told Billy that when her son did something wrong, it was one thing, but when he lied about it, that really angered her. the look on Clinton's face was pure 'never again' - and he never has
Actually, you live in a world of limited reading comprehension. What I wrote says that the Republicans know how 2010 worked, and they dearly want to have the same theater work against them. Do the Democrats realize this? Not yet clear...
... they dearly want to have the same theater not work against them...
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